Sunday, December 10, 2006

Two sisters bravely defied a warning from the Taliban to quit teaching or "face the penalty." The cowardly Islamic terrorists killed the two teachers, their mother, their grandmother, and a male relative. It is to the enduring shame of those who purport to speak for "women's rights," "gay rights" and "academic freedom" that they have remained on the sidelines, largely silent in the face of Islamic extremism that would strip them of the rights, civil liberties and protection they enjoy in Western countries, especially in the United States. Indeed, university academics on American campuses frequently advocate the cause of the enemy. The threat they would face should radical Islam prevail is made clear by this story from the New York Times.